Text: Psalm 18

For the next nine days we will be reading, meditating, and praying David’s first Psalm of deliverance. While the shepherd king wrote this song on the day the Lord rescued him from all of his enemies, we will sing this Psalm in faith believing the Lord will destroy our enemies in the days ahead!

As you familiarize yourself with the Psalm’s divisions and themes, it is very interesting to note that David, though king (Psalm 18:50), keeps perspective by describing himself as “the servant of the Lord” (Psalm 18:1). Regardless of our life’s stature or place, we must always maintain our perspective and position as bond slaves to the King of Kings. The New Testament apostles Paul, John, Peter, and epistle writers James and Jude all list themselves as “servants” even though the first three where personally called by the Lord and the latter shared the same mother. Thus neither position nor natural bloodline superseded their main vocation as servants.

In defining “slave” Thayer writes, “devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests.” As the Holy Spirit reveals in the coming days those influences around us who try and attach themselves to any of our carnal interests—those interested that are devoted to destruction—begin this session by praying a consecrated prayer devoting yourself to the Lord. Pray also for those love ones who are heavily influenced to their own destruction by these powers; speak over them a desire to serve, and then turn their devotion to the Lord.